{"id":2068,"date":"2018-02-11T02:52:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2018-02-11T02:54:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T02:54:17","slug":"willie-gs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"Willie G’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 35 years, Willie G’s has been a Houston institution for everything seafood. Billion Dollar Buyer Tilman Fertita breathed new life to it by relocating it to his Post Oak Hotel in Uptown Houston and transformed it into a world-class seafood restaurant.<\/p>\n

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This is the sight that greets you upon entry. Fresh seafood flown in from everywhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Between the hotel and its sister restaurant Mastro’s, 20,000 bottles! That is one HUGE wine list.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We chose a Spanish Tempranillo for today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Classic margarita was also pretty good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now for the main eats…<\/p>\n

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Sea Bass Bites for appetizer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blackened Dungeness Crab – very fresh and the spices are on point. Almost as good as those i get in San Francisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Buttermilk Onion Strings and Shishito Peppers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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King Crab Fried Rice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Filet Mignon – we all know whose entree this is<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have to take a moment to expound on the desserts. First off, they’re amazing. Second, they’re super cheap. Each of the dessert is ten bucks. Unthinkable considering how posh the whole place is.<\/p>\n

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French Market Beignets with Vanilla-Bean Caramel,Raspberry-Hibiscus, Hot Chocolate Sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These beignets are heavenly. It’s freshly made, came out piping hot and freshly powdered. All three sauces are awesome, but my favorite was the caramel.<\/p>\n

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Butterscotch Bread Pudding with\u00a0Butterscotch Cr\u00e8me Br\u00fbl\u00e9e, Candied Pretzels,
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These are big portions. We had to box half of each to take home. I will come back to this restaurant just for the desserts alone. I was invited to join them for brunch tomorrow and I am already seriously considering it since it was promised that desserts are available all day.<\/p>\n

Once again, i’m grateful to be living in this city with such a vibrant restaurant scene. As it is, Houston is teeming with seafood restaurants already, but this is definitely a solid addition, and should rightfully take its usual place as one of the city’s finest.<\/p>\n

Willie G’s.\u00a01640 West Loop S, Houston, TX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For 35 years, Willie G’s has been a Houston institution for everything seafood. Billion Dollar Buyer Tilman Fertita breathed new life to it by relocating it to his Post Oak Hotel in Uptown Houston and transformed it into a world-class seafood restaurant. Now for the main eats… I have to take a moment to expound … Continue reading Willie G’s<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-h-town-houston"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71dzN-xm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1769,"url":"https:\/\/www.venividiedi.net\/?p=1769","url_meta":{"origin":2068,"position":0},"title":"Artisans – Houston","author":"certifiedfoodie","date":"September 10, 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"You can make food pretty and delicious, but making it artistic and scrumptious is even better. 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